The 299 Jam took place in Groningen, Holland today. It's a smaller local event and of course the usual Dutch suspects showed up ;-) Dez won and appears to be a pretty happy on the photo! Congratulations!

Top 3:
1st Dez Maarsen
2nd Gino
3rd Erik Hogers

Who took some photos or filmed? Get in touch with us: info@global-flat.com 

Odyssey released the Tom Dugan Stem a few days ago. It could be a good option for your street-flat setup. The shorter version comes with 45mm reach and weighs 287 g = 0.63 lbs. The design is classic with 6 bolts. It's made of CNC machines 6061-T6 aluminium and is available in 4 colors. More photos and details are available in the parts section: Odyseey - Tom Dugan Stem

Today the first round of the KOG 2013 series started in Nagoya with the Girls/Kids and Expert class. 

Girls and Kids Class Top 5:
1st Yuu Syouji
2nd Shiyu Orikawa
3rd Mai Nakanishi
4th Kira Komagata
5th Momoyu Yamakita

The expert class had 5 groups and the top 3 of the each group will go to the finals tomorrow. Yoshihiro Shinde posted a photo of the expert qualification results on his blog. The Pro qualification and finals will follow tomorrow (link to schedule).

The Xtreme Video Channel posted this best of Matthias at FISE edit. There is a pretty cool split screen scene in the middle and some practice that might be new to you in case you watched the live footage already. Enjoy!

You may remember that Matthias, Maxime Charveron and Sam Partaix spent some time in Australia at the beginning of the year. The trip was called Antipodes and we were wondering what they were actually doing down there except for filming Matthias in funny outfits. Now they shed some light into the dark! On May 28 there will be the premiere of the Antipodes video in Paris. You can win tickets for it by sending a tweet @ride_sessions with the hashtag #antipodes. Click here for more details in French. Good luck!

Good news from Deep BMX - they will organize the flatland contest of the BMX Worlds again this year and bring the infamous Flatland tent back. The size will be 20 x 25 meter ( 65 x 82 feet ). 

The judges have been announced as well: Mike S, Effraim and Lionel.

Details: BMX Worlds 2013 

It's been a minute since the last proper unbike edit, so enjoy! Josh explains that he snapped his frame and bungled the back wheel - so this is the result when a rider just HAS to keep riding! Josh Briars and Mayko Lee switch hit on the front end, and finish out on a bare wheel. Good stuff guys!

I've been waiting all day for this one to get online - don't miss it!

It's great to be back at my office after the European trip! Time to warm things up with a brand new one from Mannie. I'm always stoked on his videos because I've seen them all since he started, and it's great to see him develop as a rider. Lots of progression going on in this one! The backward manual turbines and link to decade were SICK! Keep it up!

This weekend the first round of the KOG series 2013 is going to take place and will be broadcasted via ustream: KOG UStream Channel.

Saturday May 18
14:00 Girls & Kids Expert Finals
14:50 Expert Qualification
18:00 Ceremoy
18:30 Practice

Sunday May 19
10:30 Practice
11:20 Novice Finals
11:50 Expert Finals
13:30 Pro Qualification
16:30 Pro Finals
17:30 Ceremony

Timezone: JST

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